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#8FA69B

Mushroom · light cool gray

About #8FA69B

#8FA69B is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 65% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 35% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Mushroom (ΔE 12.0); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #A68F9A — a taupe tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #8FA69B for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 8.10:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red143
Green166
Blue155

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 12.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.4
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 15.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8FA69B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA69B.
2.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #8FA69B.
8.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8FA69B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8FA69B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5A39A
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A19F9C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8BA6A3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8FA69B?

#8FA69B is a muted, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 56% red, 65% green and 61% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 14% cyan, 0% magenta, 7% yellow and 35% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #8FA69B?

Use black text. Black on #8FA69B has a contrast ratio of 8.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #8FA69B?

Its complementary colour is #A68F9A, and analogous partners are #8FA690 and #8FA6A6.